Fine Print Knowledge Center
The online guide to print and design.
- Knife/Chop/Refold Folder
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A machine used to fold sheets, (multiple sheets or thin magazines) with the use of rollers and a steel blade.
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- Knocking up
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To make the edges of a pile of paper straight and regular or flush.
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- Knockout
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An opening, left in a printed area, in which a figure or photograph may be placed. Reversing type or art out of the background so that when the type or art is printed in that area it will not interfer with the color you are trying to acheive.
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- Knockout Film
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- Known Loss
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A loss discovered before or at the time of delivery of a shipment.
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- Koenig, Johann Friedrich Gottlob (1774-1833)
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The inventor of the flatbed cylinder press, the first major development in printing technology since Gutenberg. At the end of 1806, Koenig moved to London where five years later he would develop the flatbed cylinder press. By 1913 he had substantially increased press speed by using two impression cylinders, which meant that the carriage holding the printing form could be used in both directions.
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- Kokomo Filter
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A colored filter that produces UV light when light is passed through it to expose blueline material.
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- Kraft Paper
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- Kraft Process
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Chemical pulping process that cooks down the tree to remove lignin, retaining the fibers for paper making. Free sheet papers are made in the kraft process.
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- Kraft Pulp
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The predominant fiber used by the paper industry. It is obtained by cooking wood chips with the chemicals sodium sulfate and sodium hydroxide. The sodium sulfate is converted to sodium sulfide in the process. It is the sodium sulfide that is actually the effective cooking agent, but the word sulfate is still used as the title.
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- Kraft Sack Paper, Sack Paper
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Paper used for the production of bags and sacks made from sulphate (kraft) pulp, with high strength properties
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- Kraftliner
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Facing board used, for example, as an outer ply in corrugated board
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- Kromekote
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A brand of coated card stock often used for business cards.
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- Kurzweil, Raymond
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Born in New York in 1948, an inventor, scientist and entrepreneur whose theories and creations have had far reaching impact. Kurzweil studied computer engineering and literature at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT). His work has given rise to a range of inventions, including electronic musical instruments (synthesizers), reading machines for the blind, voice-recognition systems and a machine that instantly translates from English into German. In the 90s Kurzweil published controversial books that often focused on the evolution of technology and the implications for humanity in the future.
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- KWIC
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Key Word In Context
An indexing system in which the retrieval of titles is possible with as many keywords as the indexer considers useful.
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- KWOC
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Key Word Out of Context
A form of automatic indexing. As items are added to databases, keywords are extracted from their titles. Non-content words such as “the” are eliminated.
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